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Civil justice statistics in Scotland: 2018-2019

The 2018-2019 civil justice statistics in Scotland release includes main statistics tables, figures and supplementary statistics tables.

Table 11: Divorces granted by method of celebration and sex, 2017-18 to 2018-19

Year	Sex	Church of Scotland	Roman Catholic	Other Religions	Humanist¹	Civil²	Total
2018-19	Opposite sex	1,770	571	793	116	4,094	7,344
	Same sex	0	0	2	6	27	35
	Total	1,770	571	795	122	4,121	7,379
2017-18	Opposite sex	1,741	550	851	89	3,630	6,861
	Same sex	0	0	1	1	6	8
	Total	1,741	550	852	90	3,636	6,869

1. Humanist figures only refer to sheriff courts whose data collection now has a separate Humanist category.

If there were Humanist divorces granted in the Court of Session, they would be recorded under 'Civil'.

2. This includes a very small number of irregular marriages. Irregular marriages which took place in Scotland before

May 2006 can be made legal when established by a decree of declarator are rare, accounting for just 0.03 per cent of all civil and irregular marriages that took place over the last 50 years. More detailed data are available from the marriage and civil partnership section of the National Records of Scotland website. https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/general-publications/vital-events-reference-tables/2018/section-7-marriages

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